Improvement in ladies  hoods



E. HZYZ Bomm fnywziar UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMA HILL, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOE To THOMAS DoLAN, orSAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN LADIES HOODS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,867, dated July 18,1865.

delphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Ladies7 Hoods;and I do hereby declare the following to be a t'ull, clear, and eX- actdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists of alady's hood composed of four pieces of knittedor woven fabric formed, arranged, and stitched together, substantiallyas described hereinafter, so that the hood may be more full at the rear,require less waste of material in cutting, and present a neaterappearance than ordinary hoods.

In order to enable others to make my invention. I will now proceed todescribe the manner of constructing the same.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved hood; Fig. 2, arear view, and Figs. 3 and 4 diagrams illustrating my invention.

Similarletters referto similar parts throughout the several views.

The body of my improved hood is made of four pieces, A, B, B', and C, ofknitted or woven fabric, and of the form, or approximating to the form,represented in Fig. 4. The two pieces'B and B' are, in the rst instance,stitched to the piece A, the edge b of the latter piece being stitchedto the edge a, rounded portion y, and edge a' of the piece B, so thatthe corner :v of the last-named piece shall coincide with the corner ofthe piece A, the piece B' being stitched to the piece A in a similarmanner, when the three pieces will have assumed a shape adapted to thatof the wearers head. The lower edges of the pieces A, B, and B' are nowstitched to the upper edge of the piece O, which is puckered, and which,forming the cape, completes the body of the hood. A fancy border, e, ofany desired pattern is now stitched to the front edges of the hood andto the edge of the cape, and any suitable ornamental trimming, f, may bestitched over the line of junction ot' the pieces A, B, and B', the hoodbeing complete after the addition of suitable strings and .tassels andsuch other ornaments as the taste of the designer mayr suggest.

Hoods manufactured in accordance with the above-described mode requireless waste in cutting the fabric, present a neater appearance thanordinary hoods, and being more full at the back than the latter morereadily accommodate themselves to the masses or folds of hair usuallyworn by ladies.

I desire it to be understoodthat I do not claim a mere arbitraryarrangement of the lines or pattern on account of the economy ofmaterial, for I am aware that it is a common right to utilize thematerial to the best advantage by such means; but, having i, combinedwith Such economical arrangement a principle of construction by means ofwhich the most advantageous and graceful form has been attained,

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A ladyshood composed of the four pieces A,B, B', and C, formed, arranged, andstitched together substantially in the manner described.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMMA HILL.

Witnesses:

HENRY HowSoN, W. J. R. DELANY.

